expanses

英 [ɪksˈpænsɪz]

美 [ɪkˈspænsɪz]

n.  一大片，广阔，宽广，浩瀚(尤指陆地或海洋)
expanse的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 广袤;辽阔;浩瀚
  Anexpanse ofsomething, usually sea, sky, or land, is a very large amount of it.
  1. ...a vast expanse of grassland.
     广阔的草原

双语例句

• They often contains wide expanses of plate glass in steel or concrete frames. This contrasted with the ( largely Victorian) red brick universities and the older ancient universities.
  它们的校舍通常在混凝土结构中大量使用平板玻璃，和以维多利亚风格为主的红砖大学以及更古老的古典大学形成对比。
• Visitors to the test events have marvelled at the space age structures but were surprised at the expanses of concrete and lack of greenery.
  参与测试活动的人们都对奥运场馆宇宙概念的架构表示惊叹，不过他们也指出混凝土的使用范围太广，场馆中缺乏绿色元素。
• The universe we know a set of distinct bodies separated by vast expanses of essentially empty space is a fairly recent development, cosmologically speaking.
  就宇宙学而言，我们所熟知的宇宙一个由众多相距遥远的独立个体所占据的广袤空间这其实是在宇宙演化的晚期才形成。
• It has an extensive expanses of forest and gardens, an active tea plantation, and plots devoted to cultivation of a variety of Chinese vegetables for the picturesque resort's own use.
  酒店里绿树成荫，花园繁茂，还有一间生机勃勃的茶坊和几片种着各式中国蔬菜的菜园，供这家风景如画的度假酒店自给自足。
• In the vast expanses of the Gobi desert, the straight highway never ends.
  茫茫的戈壁映入眼帘，与天相接与地同广。
• Determined to pursue greater natural expanses and the origins of life, at age24 Yayanagi embarked on a two year journey through the Mediterranean, Brazil, finally chasing the sun to Africa.
  为了追寻更广阔的自然及生命的起源，矢柳氏于廿四岁那年开始了为期两年的旅程。他周游地中海、巴西，更为著艳阳到过非洲。
• Ergs are vast expanses of sand dunes like this area in Oman.
  尔格是巨大的广阔的沙丘就像这样的地区在阿曼。
• An air photograph taken at that time would have revealed spotted villages, linked together by unsurfaced roads and separated by expanses of forest or swamp.
  那个年代里做的空中拍照能显示出错落有致的村庄，用凹凸不平的道路连着，也被铺展的一片片森林或沼泽彼此隔开着。
• In the endless expanses of sea, with a heart filled with tears, struggling in the tide.
  在一望无际的海洋里，带着满心的泪水在潮水中挣扎。
• We are rich in resources and vast expanses of fertile land.
  我国资源丰富，沃野千里。